John.. In my previous life, we did LOTS of solder mask removal with the "HIGH-TECH" X-acto knife ;->, soldering iron and careful worker (no shaky hands). Wasn't always easy, but a good tech did a very presentable fix. Would quess most rework sub. would do that, but have no cost info. Reliability should not be an issue, but let the experts comment. We did conformal coat our assemblies and never hear of a problem with our removal techniqe. My $.02. Good luck and have a great day. Regards, Bob Vanech Bob BVAN Enterprise > hello everybody, > > I have run into a slight dilema, boards that we are building have several > vias soldermasked that are needed for ict testing. This raises several > questions: > 1)Is it possible to remove mask from vias? > 2)If so is this something that can be outsourced? > 3)How much would it cost? > 4)what are the reliabilty effects of doing this? > > thanks in advance. > > john koleszar > [log in to unmask] > > ############################################################## > TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c > ############################################################## > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text > in > the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET > ############################################################## > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information. > If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.5365 > ############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################